G7 Summit, Aid And African Recovery

EDM number 2099 in 1992-93, proposed by Jim Lester on 26/05/1993.

That this House is deeply concerned that on current trends poverty in Africa is set to increase to 300 million people, half the region's population, by the year 2000; recognises the new opportunities for recovery in some African countries resulting from peace initiatives and the economic and political reforms that have taken place; fears these reforms will be undermined by the failure of the international community to address adequately the problems of massive external debt, declining terms of trade and stagnating aid receipts; welcomes the voluntary aid agencies' call for an increase in the United Kingdom's official aid budget, in particular the need for an additional ú100 million specifically for Africa; and calls on the Government to take the initiative on debt at the July G7 summit to seek the full implementation of the Trinidad Terms as a first step towards supporting African recovery.

This motion has been signed by a total of 138 MPs.